Chapter 115 - 113: A Different Path

Chapter 115: Chapter 113: A Different Path

How could it be? The same location, the same environment, the same medicinal herbs, the same preparation method... yet one batch of Medicinal Tea was effective, and the other had no effect at all?

They analyzed the composition of both Medicinal Teas and found that the ingredients were indeed identical. However, in one batch, the medicinal properties of the ingredients seemed to have been amplified, while in the other, they were unchanged.

This bizarre situation was difficult for them to accept.

"Continue the experiment! There has to be a reason. Have him go in, shower, disinfect, and change into a fresh set of clothes."

Guo Hao was very cooperative. He was getting paid, so he did whatever they asked.

Meanwhile, the results for the pills came in, revealing the exact same situation. It was a result the research team found impossible to accept.

"See? Just as I said. These guys are wasting their time. The problem isn’t the herbs, and it’s not the person preparing them."

"Exactly. If there was some big secret, how could the original pill-makers not have figured it out?"

"Serves those foreigners right for getting scammed. They wouldn’t believe a word we said, thinking they were so smart."

"Boss Lin is the real deal, though. I heard he made eight hundred million USD straight up!"

"No point being jealous. He has the skills, so he deserves every penny."

These people were also thankful that the foreigners had run the trial and error for them. Otherwise, if Lin Feng had tried to pull a fast one like this on them, someone would have surely fallen for it.

"Brother Lin, you’re incredible! They really can’t crack it!"

Lin Feng was exasperated. "You guys just wouldn’t believe what I told you before. As for why the recipe works that way, I honestly have no idea."

"I believe you now. There might be something metaphysical to it."

A lot of things in Lin Xian Village seemed to have a metaphysical quality to them.

Standing nearby, Daoist Feng thought, ’It would be even better if the Land God Temple we’re building could also have some of that metaphysical quality.’

He, too, longed to see a glimmer of light on the ethereal, uncertain path of Cultivation.

They ran the experiment a dozen more times, trying every method they could think of, but the result was always the same.

The group stared blankly at the results. They couldn’t accept that they had spent eight hundred million just to obtain this useless data.

"Mr. Lin, you..."

"Mr. Jiang, it’s no use asking me. All the conditions were met exactly as you required."

"It was you! You must be scamming us!"

"Sir, you can’t just make baseless accusations. You saw the results of the medicine with your own eyes. How could I possibly be scamming you?

Besides, I told you before that this recipe was special. You were the ones who didn’t believe me and thought you could crack it.

Now that you’ve failed, you’re accusing me of scamming you. That’s not very fair, is it?

If you want to continue your research, feel free. I have other things to do, so I won’t stay here and keep you company."

As Lin Feng walked away, the group’s expressions darkened, and they gathered around Jiang Zhongming.

"What do we do now?"

"Has the data been sent back to the labs in the United States?"

"It has. They’re analyzing the data as we speak."

"Given the situation, all we can do is wait for their analysis. Any more experiments here would be pointless."

Jiang Zhongming knew that if his team couldn’t produce results, his career was over.

Even though the failure had little to do with him personally, someone had to take the fall, and he was the perfect scapegoat.

At this point, he was no longer thinking about cracking the recipe. Instead, he was pondering what his next move would be after taking the fall.

News of the failure spread quickly to the outside world following Lin Feng’s departure, shocking those who had been following the matter.

All that equipment, all those participating researchers, and the final result was... no result at all.

They couldn’t even figure out why the medicine behaved that way, let alone crack the formula.

This caused those who had been plotting to get their hands on the recipe to give up entirely.

Unless Lin Feng himself revealed the secret, you could have the entire production process laid out before you and still be unable to crack it.

Several pharmaceutical companies thought of the price they had paid to get a piece of the action and felt a sharp pang of regret.

The moment the news broke, major medical research institutions began issuing orders to slash their research budgets in this area.

Yang Yongjun, of course, also heard the news. He truly hadn’t expected this to be the outcome.

"Incredible. They wasted so much manpower and material, paid a fortune, and ended up with absolutely nothing."

"Director Yang, does this mean that the recipe from Lin Xian Village really is just as Mr. Lin said? That there’s no way to solve the problem of mass production?"

"Given the circumstances, that really might be the case. It’s not that he’s unwilling to mass-produce it."

Everyone in the room grew pensive. It seemed the secret behind this medicine was truly unknowable.

They had originally hoped that with Yang Yongjun’s visit, they might make some small discovery.

"Let’s go. We’re heading to Lin Xian Village now. Those foreigners might fly into a rage out of humiliation. We need to make sure they keep in line."

As Yang Yongjun and his men headed for Lin Xian Village, many medical research institutions abroad were analyzing the data.

They found nothing unusual about the medicine itself, but they did discover that the environment of Lin Xian Village was astonishingly pristine.

Soon, this data was passed on to the wealthy tycoons backing them, who were all astonished by the findings.

A file on something called Jade Grapes, in particular, made their eyes turn red with greed. How could they have been unaware of something so valuable?

When Jiang Zhongming’s phone rang again, he assumed it was the call to fire him. But when he answered, he discovered it wasn’t.

"Manager Jiang, an order has just come down from the top. If you can manage to buy Lin Xian Village, the whole issue with the medicine will be forgotten."

"Buy Lin Xian Village? President Peng, that might be even more difficult than obtaining the recipe. It’s a nearly impossible task."

From the moment he’d received the data on Lin Xian Village, he had recognized its many miraculous qualities. The owner was no fool.

Why would anyone sell such a valuable place, unless they were out of their mind?

"That’s your problem. You know the consequences if you fail."

Staring at the disconnected call on his phone, Jiang Zhongming knew he was in no position to negotiate.

He glanced at the representatives from the other companies and saw similar expressions on their faces. It seemed they had all received the same new mission.

"Manager Jiang, do you think we can buy the Jade Grapes here?"

"It’ll be difficult. But you’re welcome to try."

This time, there was no cooperation. They each set out on their own, desperate to complete this new mission and make up for the failure with the recipe.

Lin Feng soon received news that someone had offered two billion to buy his Lin Xian Village.

He looked at Hu Xia. "You’re saying someone contacted your father and offered to spend two billion to buy Lin Xian Village?"

"Mhm, my dad just called me about it. He said they don’t want the recipe, they just want to buy Lin Xian Village outright."

"Do they not know about the Jade Grapes?"

"Probably not."

Hu Xia wasn’t certain. If they knew about the Jade Grapes, they surely wouldn’t have offered a mere two billion.

With the Jade Grapes in Lin Xian Village, an offer of two billion was treating Lin Feng like an idiot.

Lin Feng felt that something was off about this, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

"Have those foreigners left yet?"

"They haven’t. They’ve only withdrawn some of their personnel and equipment."

"Hmm, this is probably related to them. They might think that if they buy the land and hire the local staff, they’ll be able to produce the Clearing Heat and Stopping Cough Pills."

At the same time, the Wuyuan County Government received an investment proposal. Someone wanted to spend fifty billion to develop Wuyuan County.

The proposed development area happened to perfectly encircle the region where Lin Xian Village was located.

Clearly, some people knew that buying Lin Xian Village from Lin Feng was an impossible task.

Since a direct approach wouldn’t work, they were trying a different, more viable one.

Soon, the Wuyuan County investment bureau was buzzing with activity. Numerous companies were calling, expressing interest in visiting the county to investigate investment opportunities.